Feminine

ouverture

Meaning

  1. (feminine) opening
  2. (feminine) overture

Opposite of
fermeture
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/u.vɛʁ.tyʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French overture, from Vulgar Latin *opertūra, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture, a borrowing. Compare Catalan obertura.

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